"...BRINGING OUT THE BIG GUNS."
Rob Ames, co-artistic director and conductor of the London Contemporary Orchestra,
on brining CHAINES onto orchestration projects.
'EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE' SUITE
Combines highlights from the tracks 'Deirdre Fight', 'It All Just goes Away', 'In Another Life' and 'Specks of Time' from Son Lux's OST for the film Everything Everywhere All At Once.
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Commissioned/premiered for 2024's BBC Prom 34, Reel Change and played by The London Contemporary Orchestra, conducted by Rob Ames.
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Arranged for large orchestra, pipe organ, synthesiser, electronically enhanced violin 1 solo and playback.
'TRIBUTE TO POKÉMON, ECCO & SECRET OF MANA'
90s GAMING MEDLEY
Some of the greatest hits of 90s gaming feature in this suite for orchestra with electronically enhanced double reed section!
From Pokémon Red/Blue, Opening Theme, Battle! Wild Pokemon and Lavender Town, the title theme from Ecco the Dolphin: The Tides of Time, and Into the Thick of It, from Secret of Mana.
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Premiered at the first ever BBC Prom dedicated to music from gaming, 8 Bit to Infinity, played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Rob Ames (01/08/2022).
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Arranged for large orchestra and double reed section with live electronic enhancement.
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GALYA BISENGALIEVA'S POLYGON
Chamber orchestra arrangement of the album Polygon for chamber orchestra, to accompany Bisengalieva's live performance and electronics.
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Premiered at The Barbican and played by the London Contemporary Orchestra (02/05/2024).
SPEAKERS CORNER QUARTET'S
FURTHER OUT THAN THE EDGE for UNQUIET
Chamber orchestra arrangements of the album Further Out Than the Edge by Speakere Corner Quartet.
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Premiered by Speaker's Corner Quartet , various guest artists and the Manchester Camerata, conducted by Rob Ames (22/11/2023, New Century Hall).
